note 16465 rejected from function.session-register by jimw

I am creating an on-line database that has a user name and password entry page. If the user successfully logs on the next page that loads is a frameset that consists of three frames. There is a nav frame that dispays student names that appear according to the teacher who has logged on. The user name drives the whole database. The nav frame holds the names of students that are links that target to the middle frame which loads the student's information into a form which you can add, update and delete the student's info. Once you submit, a javascript onSubmit function loads the updated nav frame first so the correctly updated student name appears first and then the middle frame loads second. The problem is that the user name will disapear after the refresh occurs. I've tried using cookies, sessions, $HTTP_GET_VARS and hidden forms with no success. The user name is almighty in this script and has to remain constant throughout every refresh. I really think sessions is the way to go but I'm not sure wher to register the user name variable so it will remain throughtout all refreshes. Any Ideas? Thanx -Eric